Keep The Music Alive!

The Copyright Royalty Board is acting to single-handedly shut down the Internet Radio industry.

Effective July 15th, the CRB is putting into effect rates which will not only place undue stress upon Internet-only broadcasters requiring them to pay per song, per play and by listener. The charges will be retroactive to 2006. This rule will require significant investment by webcasters as well as represents discrimination against a new industry; satellite and terrestrial broadcasters are under no such licensing penalty for streaming. Estimates range from 60% to 300% of webcasters' revenue will go to these new fees.

Contact your representatives, your senators and the CRB. Tell them to support H.R. 2060, The Internet Equality Act, and help keep the music alive!

The Decemberists Are Coming To Baltimore

I know nothing about this band and yet I've heard good things anecdotally about them. Tickets go on sale on Friday and I think that I'll be picking up a pair just to see what all the fuss is about.

The concert is at 8 PM on Saturday, July 14th at the Merriweather Post Pavilion.